Orthodontic Residency Programs in New York
New York has 11 CODA-accredited advanced dental education programs in orthodontics, across 8 cities: Bronx, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Hawthorne, Manhasset, New York, Rochester and Stony Brook.
Each is listed below with its institution, city, current accreditation status, and the years of CODA's last and next accreditation visits, pulled directly from the Commission on Dental Accreditation's own program directory.
Completing a CODA-accredited orthodontics residency is the recognized path into the specialty — read on for what each program's status means and what happens after residency.
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At a glance
In New York
Programs
11
With a program
Cities
8
Approval without Reporting Requirements
Fully approved
10 of 11
Every CODA-Accredited Program in New York
Source: CODA program directory, index dated 2026-09-09. Status terms (“Approval without Reporting Requirements,” “Approval with Reporting Requirements,” “Initial Accreditation,” “Discontinued,” etc.) are CODA’s own.
Reading the List: What New York's Accreditation Statuses Mean
The statuses shown above are CODA's own terms, not this site's. "Approval (without Reporting Requirements)" is the classification CODA grants when a program "achieves or exceeds the basic requirements for accreditation." "Approval (with Reporting Requirements)" means CODA has identified specific deficiencies the program must correct within a set timeframe — it is not a warning to avoid the program, only a status mid-correction. "Initial Accreditation" is what CODA grants a program that is accredited but has not yet enrolled and graduated its first class of residents.
The last- and next-visit years shown are CODA's own accreditation-visit schedule, not anything set by any program itself.
For admissions requirements, program structure, or cost, contact the program directly, and confirm its current status with CODA before applying.
Why Accreditation Matters for the Path Into Orthodontics
Orthodontics is one of 12 recognized dental specialties, and completing a CODA-accredited advanced dental education program in the specialty is how a dentist becomes an orthodontist.
New York has 11 accredited programs, compared with 3 in Massachusetts, 1 in Connecticut and none in Vermont nearby; wherever you train, our step-by-step guide to becoming an orthodontist covers the full sequence from dental school through residency, our orthodontist career guide what the role involves day to day, and which dental specialty pays the most how orthodontics compares with the other eleven.
Graduates of programs at BronxCare Health System, Montefiore Medical Center - Dental Dept. and 9 other institutions who go on to practice in New York need a dentist license from the New York State Board for Dentistry — see New York's dentist licensure requirements for the clinical exams it accepts and the rest of what it requires.
After Residency in New York
A CODA-accredited residency is the entry point into orthodontics, not the final step — practicing afterward still requires holding an active dentist license in the state where you intend to work; in New York, orthodontics is practiced under a dentist license rather than a separate specialty license.
Residents who train in Bronx, Brooklyn, Buffalo or one of the state's 5 other program cities and go on to practice in New York can check orthodontist salary in New York for state-level pay data and search current orthodontist jobs to see who's hiring now.
Where New York's Orthodontics Programs Are Located
New York's 11 programs concentrate most heavily in New York City, with three in the Bronx alone — BronxCare Health System, St. Barnabas Hospital-Dental Department and Montefiore Medical Center - Dental Dept. — plus two in Manhattan at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and New York University College of Dentistry, and one in Brooklyn at Maimonides Medical Center.
The rest are spread across the state: the University of Rochester Eastman Institute for Oral Health in Rochester, the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine in Buffalo, and Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine on Long Island, with two more suburban programs at Touro College of Dental Medicine in Hawthorne and Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many CODA-accredited orthodontic residency programs are in New York?
New York has 11 CODA-accredited advanced dental education programs in orthodontics, spread across 8 cities: Bronx, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Hawthorne, Manhasset, New York, Rochester and Stony Brook.
Each is listed above with its institution, city and current CODA accreditation status.
CODA's own directory is the definitive, up-to-date source — confirm a program's status directly with CODA before applying.
Does an orthodontics residency outside New York still count if I want to practice there?
Yes.
CODA accreditation is a national standard, not a state one, so a residency completed anywhere in the country carries the same standing.
What determines whether you can practice in New York is holding an active New York dentist license, not where your residency was located.
See our New York dentist licensure page for what the state itself requires.
What does "Initial Accreditation" mean for a program like Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell?
"Initial Accreditation" is the classification CODA grants to a program that is accredited but has not yet enrolled and graduated its first class of residents.
It doesn't mean the program is provisional or lesser — it simply hasn't operated long enough to have graduates yet.
Confirm a program's current status directly with CODA before applying.
What comes after finishing a CODA-accredited orthodontic residency?
Graduates hold an active dentist license in the state where they intend to practice; in New York, orthodontists practice under that dentist license rather than a separate specialty license.
Our step-by-step guide to becoming an orthodontist walks through the full sequence from dental school through residency and licensure.
Is every program on this list accredited?
Every program above is shown with the CODA accreditation status CODA had published for it as of 2026-09-09, the date this directory was last pulled from CODA's own program search. "Approval without Reporting Requirements" is CODA's standard fully-accredited standing; other status terms on this page — such as "Approval with Reporting Requirements," "Initial Accreditation," or "Discontinued" — mean something different, and a status can change after that date.
Confirm a program's current status directly with CODA before applying.
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Sourced from the CODA program directory (index dated 2026-09-09). Verified September 2026. Program details change. Confirm accreditation status, admission requirements and costs with the program and with CODA before applying.